Work & commute · Barry

Work & commute in Barry, MI

Most working residents leave Barry for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (10%), Battle Creek (7%) and Portage (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 1,439 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,351 Barry residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barry.

1,351live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barry goes to work

Kalamazoo17.1 mi away

10%143

Battle Creek13.8 mi away

7%104

Barry (in town)right here

6%88

Portage21.6 mi away

6%82

Hastings13.4 mi away

5%78

Grand Rapids37 mi away

4%59

Richland8 mi away

4%55

Comstock13.2 mi away

3%40

Thornapple18.4 mi away

2%33

Wyoming33.7 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%728

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Barry commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

47%

23%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barry is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barry are

615 jobs are based in Barry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barry

615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Barry residents hold

1,439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+13%

Jobs based in Barry, 2011 → 2021: 545 → 615. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.